Reviews

Andrew Gilbert - August 10, 2020

The intrepid jazz composer breaks new musical ground while exploring unsettling themes of contemporary life.

Joe Cadagin - August 10, 2020

David Hertzberg’s The Wake World is a sumptuous pleasure house of music.

Jeff Kaliss - July 31, 2020

The Florentine Opera gives the nonagenarian composer’s latest a serious makeover on a new recording.

Ben Kutner - July 27, 2020

Jan Vogler records a single cello concerto written by three composers.

Tysen Dauer - July 24, 2020

Combining lovely melody with excerpts from a classic human-rights proclamation yields comforting sounds, but the composer wants it to be more than that.

Richard S. Ginell - July 21, 2020

A delightful new CD highlights recent keyboard works inspired by early modernist paintings.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 20, 2020

English songs of longing and loss find a perfect voice in the gifted tenor on this new disc.

Jim Farber - July 14, 2020

San Diego’s Mainly Mozart brings live classical music back with a pair of free drive-in concerts.

Steven Winn - July 13, 2020

The Lorelei Ensemble sings Lang’s updated setting of the Tristan and Isolde story with elegance and conviction.

Tamzin Elliott - July 13, 2020

The composer melds voices, cello, and electronics in works based on texts from three poets.